Reply #1: a recent one and an old favorite [View All]

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recent:
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
–Mark Twain

old favorite:
"I may be lying in the gutter but at least I am looking at the stars"
- Oscar Wilde

(may be a paraphrase)